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705 Pointsbad_guess doesn't append when I get wrong letter
Here is my code, tried to debug it and compared on the codes on the video but my bad_guesses won't append when I input a wrong letter.
Here is my code:
import random
words = [
'apple',
'banana',
'orange',
'coconut',
'strawberry',
'lime',
'grapefruit',
'lemon',
'kumquat',
'blueberry',
'melon'
]
while True:
start = input('Press enter/return to start, or enter Q to quit')
if start.lower() == 'q':
break
secret_word = random.choice(words)
bad_guesses = []
good_guesses = []
while len(bad_guesses) < 7 and len(good_guesses) != len(list(secret_word)):
for letter in secret_word:
if letter in good_guesses:
print(letter, end='')
else:
print('_', end='')
print('')
print('Strikes: {}/7'.format(len(bad_guesses)))
#print(bad_guesses)a
print('')
guess = input("Guess a letter: ").lower()
if len(guess) != 1:
print('You can only guess a single letter!')
continue
elif guess in bad_guesses or guess in good_guesses:
print('You already guess that letter!')
continue
elif not guess.isalpha():
print('You can only guess letters!')
continue
if guess in secret_word:
good_guesses.append(guess)
if len(good_guesses) == len(list(secret_word)):
print('You win! the word was {}.'.format(secret_word))
break
else:
bad_guesses.append(guess)
else:
print('You didn\'t guess it! My secret word was {}'.format(secret_word))
2 Answers
Zachary Kaufman
1,463 PointsI can't be certain, but it's worth a try. The second to last else statement the one that says
else:
bad_guesses.append(guess)
I think needs to be back a tab. So it should be
if guess in secret_word:
good_guesses.append(guess)
if len(good_guesses) == len(list(secret_word)):
print('You win! the word was {}.'.format(secret_word))
break
else:
bad_guesses.append(guess)
I hope this works. Good luck!
Zachary Kaufman
1,463 PointsNo problem happy to help :D good luck with your class
john larson
16,594 PointsThat did it for me too, Thanks
Canlas Digital
705 PointsCanlas Digital
705 PointsYup. That solved it. Thank you :)